Op-Eds
2024
Michael Polenberg, Prioritizing victims for true health and safety, Daily News, December 6, 2024
Dr. Noé Romo, Breaking cycles of violence at Rikers Island, amNY, September 21, 2024
Hon. Jeanette Ruiz, El cierre de Rikers: un camino hacia la justicia, la seguridad y la reconstrucción de nuestras comunidades, El Diario, August 15, 2024
2023
Mayor Eric Adams and Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “New York will close Rikers Island says Mayor Adams and Rikers Commission chair Lippman,” Daily News, December 15, 2023
Michael Jacobson and Dana Kaplan, “Op-ed: Gutting essential services will endanger lives further on Rikers,” Crain’s NY Business, June 26, 2023
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “Keep the Rikers Island closure on 2027 schedule,” Daily News, January 3, 2023
2022
Dana Kaplan, “The Mayor’s Mission and the Mess at Rikers,” Gotham Gazette, August 5, 2022
Hon. Jonathan Lippman and Sharon White-Harrigan, “Getting more women off Rikers Island,” Daily News, July 25, 2022
Zachary Katznelson, “There is a way to curb the violence at Rikers,” Crain’s New York Business, June 10, 2022
Dana Kaplan, “After prison, New Yorkers need more than a shelter bed,” Daily News, June 2, 2022
Zachary Katznelson, “Solving The Crisis of Rikers Now and In The Future,” Gotham Gazette, March 29, 2022
2021
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “I Was New York State’s Chief Judge. Rikers Is a Tragedy,” The New York Times, November 10, 2021
Hon. Jonathan Lippman and Courtney Bryan, “Opinion: To Improve Public Safety in NYC, Send Fewer People to Jail,” City Limits, August 2, 2021
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “The next mayor must shutter Rikers,” New York Daily News, June 22, 2021
Stanley Richards, “In this case, less really is more — parole reform today,” AMNY, June 8, 2021
Rabbi Rick Jacobs and Zachary Katznelson, “New York must stop lagging on parole reform. It's time to lead,” Westchester Journal News, May 25, 2021
Hon. Jonathan Lippman and Vincent Schiraldi, “Reforming parole yields win-win: More equity and liberty, less waste of public resources,” New York Daily News, March 11, 2021
Lucy Lang and Tyler Nims, “The smart way to stop shootings,” New York Daily News, July 28, 2020.
Stanley Richards, “OPINION Black lives matter behind bars too: Bring reform movement to America’s jails and prisons,” New York Daily News, July 7, 2020.
Dr. Alethea Taylor and Julio Medina, “Defund the DOC, Invest in Supportive Housing,” Gotham Gazette, June 27, 2020.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman and Tyler Nims, “Let more people out of Rikers: The coronavirus demands bolder action to decarcerate,” New York Daily News, April 18, 2020.
Zachary Katznelson and David Bernstein, “Bail Reform Does Not Enable Anti-Semitism,” The New York Jewish Week, January 27, 2020.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “Commit to making bail reform work: This is no time to lose our will on a vital criminal justice overhaul,” New York Daily News, January 15, 2020.
2020
2019
Tyler Nims and Vincent Schiraldi, “When It Comes to Parole Supervision, Less is More,” The Crime Report, December 6, 2019.
Greg Berman, “Shutter Island: How we got here. Lessons from the campaign to close Rikers,” New York Daily News, October 18, 2019.
Juan Cartagena, “Opinion: Close Rikers to Address the Violence of Jail Discrimination – For Now,” City Limits, October 16, 2019.
Stanley Richards, “I’ve Seen It First-Hand Over Decades and Know: Rikers Cannot Be Redeemed,” Gotham Gazette, October 15, 2019.
Tyler Nims and Dan Gallagher, “Now is the time to close the Rikers jails,” The Architect’s Newspaper, August 12, 2019.
Council Member Costa Constantinides and Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “What to build next on Rikers: Make it a hub for renewable energy,” New York Daily News, July 13, 2019.
Greg Berman and Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “The Next Battleground in the Fight to Close the Rikers Island Jails,” Gotham Gazette, May 21, 2019.
Michael P. Jacobson, Vincent Schiraldi, and Vanda Seward, “The travesty of parole in New York,” Crain’s New York, May 2, 2019.
NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “We Must Seize Today’s Path to Actually Closing Rikers; It May Not Be Here Tomorrow,” Gotham Gazette, April 22, 2019.
DA David Soares, Hon. Jonathan Lippman, and Vincent Schiraldi, “Commentary: Supporting parole reform,” Times Union, April 20, 2019.
Greg Berman, “Why We Need to Rethink Misdemeanor Justice,” Governing, March 12, 2019.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman and Tyler Nims, “A Critical Crossroad In The Campaign To Close Rikers,” Law360, March 3, 2019.
Colvin Grannum, “Cash bail strips wealth from low-income communities,” New York Amsterdam News, February 21, 2019.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman and Vincent Schiraldi,“ Lock the parole-prison revolving door: Rethink a system that's sending far too many people away for minor violations,” New York Daily News, February 10, 2019.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “ Give judges more leeway to use incarceration alternatives for violent criminals,” USA Today, January 24, 2019.
2018
Richard M. Aborn, “Closing Rikers will make the city safer,” Crain’s New York, September 26, 2018.
Tyler U. Nims, "We can close Rikers,” Queens Chronicle, September 20, 2018.
Ana L. Oliveira, “OP-ED: Making the case for community justice,” Downtown Express, August 22, 2018.
Stanley Richards, “Opinion: Creating a More Just New York City,” Welcome 2 The Bronx, August 17, 2018.
Greg Berman, “Voice of the People: Readers sound off on Shelly Silver, Rikers and pets,” New York Daily News, July 25, 2018
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, “Ex-New York Chief Judge: It's time to end cash bail,” Fox News, July 13, 2018.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, "The Unintended Consequences of prosecuting low-level crimes," Amsterdam News, February 22, 2018.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, "Close Rikers sooner by reforming parole," City & State, February 5, 2018.
2017
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, "Voice of the People: Close Rikers & Open New Jails," The New York Daily News, December 22, 2017.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, "Our cash bail system isn't working. We can fix it." The Washington Post, November 28, 2017.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, "It's Time for Action in Rikers," AMNY, October 26, 2017.
Richard Aborn, "Ten years to close Rikers Island? Here's how to cut that in half," Crain's New York, June 12, 2017.
Ana Oliveira and Alison Wilkey, "Women in Rikers: Why Gender Matters When We Talk About Reform," City & State, May 15, 2017.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman and Greg Berman, " An urgent checklist for closing Rikers," New York Daily News, May 11, 2017.
Darren Walker, "Lessons from Rikers Island," The Atlantic, May 9, 2017.
Hon. Jonathan Lippman and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, "Closing Rikers Island Is a Moral Imperative," The New York Times, March 31, 2017.
2016
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, "Creating a more just NYC," Amsterdam News, November 17, 2016.